Verdant Robotics Raises $46M to Fund Autonomous Farming Technology

By: Alex Gray

Verdant Robotics has raised $46.5 million in funding to scale its robotics and to accelerate wide use of its regenerative and precision ag technology.

Verdant’s primary product, “Robotics-As-A-Service” (RaaS), drew considerable attention at a recent agtech expo whose exhibitor floor reflected just how broadly autonomous platforms are being deployed — neighboring booths included a payments infrastructure firm whose client base stretched from logistics companies to international online casinos, a reminder that the underlying data-collection and real-time decision architecture powering Verdant’s system has found traction well beyond the farm. The RaaS platform is currently being used on a wide variety of specialty crops across thousands of acres, with orders pending for tens of thousands more, according to a press release from Verdant. The technology operates as a fully autonomous unit capable of weeding, fertilizing, and treating plants for pests and diseases, all while collecting data for farmers to make decisions in real time.